New Jersey's 10th congressional district
New Jersey's 10th congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2019) | 761,783 | ||
Median household income | $61,975[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+34[2] |
New Jersey's 10th congressional district is an urban congressional district in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The district consists of portions of Essex, Hudson and Union counties, and includes the cities of Newark and Orange. The district is majority African American and has been represented in Congress by Democrat Donald Payne Jr. since November 2012.
The district was previously represented by Donald Payne Jr.'s father, Donald M. Payne, from 1989 to 2012, and became vacant as a result of the elder Payne's death on March 6, 2012. On November 15, 2012, Donald Payne Jr. was sworn into office and on January 3, 2013, he began serving his first full term.[3]
Counties and municipalities in the district[]
For the 113th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2010 Census), the district contains portions of three counties and all or portions of 18 municipalities.[4]
- Bloomfield (part; also 11th), East Orange, Glen Ridge, Irvington, Maplewood, Montclair (part; also 11th), Newark (part; also 8th), Orange, South Orange, West Orange (part; also 11th)
- Bayonne (part; also 8th), Jersey City (part; also 8th)
- Hillside, Linden, Rahway, Roselle, Roselle Park, Union Township (part; also 7th)
History[]
The 10th congressional district (together with the 9th) was created starting with the 58th United States Congress in 1903, based on redistricting predicated on the results of the 1900 census.
Recent election results[]
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Election results from U.S. presidential races[]
Year | Winner / Results |
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2000 | Gore 83 - 16% |
2004 | Kerry 82 - 18% |
2008 | Obama 87 - 13% |
2012 | Obama 88 - 11.5% |
2016 | Clinton 85 - 13% |
2020 | Biden 82 - 16% |
Election results from U.S. House races[]
1988[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donald M. Payne, Newark | 84,681 | 77.35% | |
Republican | Michael Webb, East Orange | 13,848 | 12.65% | |
Independent | Anthony Imperiale, Newark | 5,422 | 4.95% | |
Socialist Workers | Mindy Birdno, Newark | 4,539 | 4.15% | |
Independent | Alvin Curtis, Jersey City | 551 | 0.50% | |
Independent | Alan Bowser, East Orange | 432 | 0.40% | |
Majority | 70,833 | 64.70% | ||
Turnout | 109,473 | 100.00% |
1990[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donald M. Payne (incumbent) | 42,106 | 81.44% | |
Republican | Howard E. Berkeley | 8,954 | 17.32% | |
Socialist Workers | George Mehrabian | 643 | 1.24% | |
Majority | 33,152 | 64.12% | ||
Turnout | 51,703 | 100.00% |
1992[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donald M. Payne (incumbent) | 117,287 | 78.38% | |
Republican | Alfred D. Palermo | 30,160 | 20.16% | |
Libertarian | Roberto Caraballo | 1,272 | 0.85% | |
Socialist Workers | William Theodore Leonard | 913 | 0.61% | |
Majority | 87,127 | 58.23% | ||
Turnout | 149,632 | 100.00% |
1994[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donald M. Payne (incumbent) | 74,622 | 75.86% | |
Republican | Jim Ford | 21,524 | 21.88% | |
Independent | Rose Monyek | 1,598 | 1.63% | |
Socialist Workers | Maurice Williams | 624 | 0.63% | |
Majority | 53,098 | 53.98% | ||
Turnout | 98,368 | 100.00% |
1996[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donald M. Payne (incumbent) | 127,126 | 84.2 | |
Republican | Vanessa Williams | 22,086 | 14.6 | |
Independent | Harley Tyler | 1,192 | 0.8 | |
Independent | Toni M. Jackson | 656 | 0.4 | |
Turnout | 151,060 | 100.00% |
1998[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donald M. Payne (incumbent) | 82,244 | 83.5 | |
Republican | William Stanley Wnuck | 10,678 | 10.8 | |
Independent | Richard J. Pezzullo | 3,293 | 3.3 | |
Independent | Maurice Williams | 2,279 | 2.3 | |
Turnout | 98,494 | 100.00% |
2000[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donald M. Payne (incumbent) | 133,073 | 87.5 | |
Republican | Dirk B. Weber | 18,436 | 12.1 | |
Independent | Maurice Williams | 536 | 0.4 | |
Turnout | 152,045 | 100.00% |
2002[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donald M. Payne (incumbent) | 86,433 | 84.5 | |
Republican | Andrew Wirtz | 15,913 | 15.5 | |
Turnout | 102,346 | 100.00% |
2004[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donald M. Payne (incumbent) | 155,697 | 96.88% | |
Green | Toy-Ling Washington | 2,927 | 1.30% | |
Independent | Sara Lobman | 2,089 | 1.82% | |
Majority | 152,770 | 95.06% | ||
Turnout | 160,713 | |||
Democratic hold |
2006[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donald Payne (incumbent) | 90,264 | 100.00 |
2008[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donald M. Payne (incumbent) | 169,945 | 98.92 | |
Socialist Workers Party | Michael Taber | 1,848 | 1.08 |
2010[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donald M. Payne (incumbent) | 95,299 | 85.2 | |
Republican | Michael J. Alonso | 14,357 | 12.8 | |
Independent | Robert Louis Toussaint | 1,141 | 1 | |
Independent | Joanne Miller | 1,080 | 1 | |
Turnout | 111,877 | 100.00% |
2012[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donald Payne Jr. | 201,435 | 87.6 | |
Republican | Brian Kelemen | 24,271 | 10.5 | |
Independent | Joanne Miller | 3,127 | 1.4 | |
Libertarian | Mick Erickson | 1,227 | 0.5 | |
Total votes | 230,060 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2014[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donald Payne, Jr. (incumbent) | 95,734 | 85.4 | |
Republican | Yolanda Dentley | 14,154 | 12.6 | |
Independent | Gwendolyn A. Franklin | 1,237 | 1.1 | |
Independent | Dark Angel | 998 | 0.9 | |
Total votes | 112,123 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2016[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donald Payne Jr. (incumbent) | 190,856 | 85.7 | |
Republican | David H. Pinckney | 26,450 | 11.8 | |
Independent | Joanne Miller | 3,719 | 1.7 | |
Independent | Aaron Walter Fraser | 1,746 | 0.8 | |
Total votes | 222,771 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
2018[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donald M. Payne Jr. (incumbent) | 175,253 | 87.6 | |
Republican | Agha Khan | 20,191 | 10.1 | |
Independent | Cynthia Johnson | 2,070 | 1.0 | |
Independent | Joanne Miller | 2,038 | 1.0 | |
Libertarian | Scott DiRoma | 607 | 0.3 | |
Total votes | 200,159 | 100.0 |
2020[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Donald Payne Jr. (incumbent) | 241,522 | 83.3 | |
Republican | Jennifer Zinone | 40,298 | 13.9 | |
Independent | Akil Khalfani | 3,537 | 1.2 | |
Independent | Liah Fitchette | 3,480 | 1.2 | |
Libertarian | John Mirrione | 1,172 | 0.4 | |
Total votes | 290,009 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
List of members representing the district[]
Member | District Home | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | Counties/Towns |
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District created March 4, 1903 | ||||||
Allan Langdon McDermott |
Jersey City | Democratic | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907 |
58th 59th |
Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Retired. |
1903–1913 part of Jersey City |
James A. Hamill |
Jersey City | Democratic | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913 |
60th 61st 62nd |
Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Redistricted to the 12th district. | |
Edward W. Townsend |
Montclair | Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 |
63rd | Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1912. Lost re-election. |
1913–1933 parts of Essex (excluding Belleville, Bloomfield, East Orange, Glen Ridge, Nutley, Orange, and parts of Newark) |
Frederick R. Lehlbach |
Newark | Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1933 |
64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd |
Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the 12th district. | |
Fred A. Hartley Jr. |
Kearny | Republican | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1949 |
73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th |
Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Retired. |
1933–1967 parts of Essex (Belleville, Bloomfield, Glen Ridge, Nutley and parts of Newark) and Hudson (East Newark, Harrison, Kearney) |
Peter W. Rodino |
Newark | Democratic | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1989 |
81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th |
Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Retired. | |
1967–1973 parts of Essex (Belleville, Bloomfield, Cedar Grove, Glen Ridge, Montclair, Nutley and parts of Newark) | ||||||
1973–1983 parts of Essex (East Orange, Glen Ridge, Newark) | ||||||
1983–1985 parts of Essex (East Orange, Irvington, Newark, and Orange) and Union (Hillside) | ||||||
1985–1993 parts of Essex (East Orange, Glen Ridge, Irvington, Newark, and South Orange) and Union (Hillside) | ||||||
Donald M. Payne |
Newark | Democratic | January 3, 1989 – March 6, 2012 |
101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th |
Elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Died. | |
1993–2003 parts of Essex, Hudson, and Union | ||||||
2003–2013 parts of Essex, Hudson, and Union | ||||||
Vacant | March 6, 2012 – November 6, 2012 |
112th | ||||
Donald Payne Jr. |
Newark | Democratic | November 6, 2012 – present |
112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th |
Elected to finish his father's term. Also elected to the next full term. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. | |
2013–present parts of Essex, Hudson, and Union (Hillside, Linden, Rahway, Roselle, Roselle Park and parts of Union Township) |
References[]
- ^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=34&cd=10
- ^ "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
- ^ Hernandez, Raymond. "Donald M. Payne, First Black Elected to Congress From New Jersey, Dies at 77", The New York Times, March 6, 2012. Accessed March 7, 2012. "Representative Donald M. Payne, a former chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus who achieved a long-held goal of becoming the first black congressman from New Jersey, died on Tuesday in Livingston, N.J. He was 77."
- ^ Plan Components Report, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011. Accessed November 6, 2016.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - NJ District 10 - Nov 08, 1988".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - NJ District 10 - Nov 06, 1990".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - NJ District 10 - Nov 03, 1992".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - NJ District 10 - Nov 08, 1994".
- ^ {{cite web|url=https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/1996/1996-general-election-results-house.pdf
- ^ https://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/1998/1998-gen-elect-results-us--house.pdf
- ^ https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2000/2000-general-elect-house-candidate-tallies.pdf
- ^ https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2002/2002gen-elect-us-house-candidate_tally.pdf
- ^ https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/2010/2010-official-gen-elect-tallies-house-112910-1st-rev.pdf
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- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
- New Jersey 2011 Congressional Redistricting Commission
- Congressional districts of New Jersey
- Essex County, New Jersey
- Hudson County, New Jersey
- Union County, New Jersey
- Constituencies established in 1903
- 1903 establishments in New Jersey